Fly-half Ronan O’Gara added 12 points from the boot, and there was a late conversion by substitute James Hook as the Sharks were blown away on a breezy night by the Indian Ocean.

McGeechan, meanwhile, played down any injury concerns surrounding centre Jamie Roberts, who took a knock to his shoulder.

The Lions have seen two players ruled out of their South African adventure in the last 24 hours – flanker Stephen Ferris (knee) and wing Leigh Halfpenny (thigh).

But McGeechan said: “There’s no problem. It is just bruising with Jamie’s shoulder. He took a heavy bang on it, but (Lions doctor) James Robson is pretty happy.

And looking ahead, he added: “You don’t get carried away with things. The Test matches will be another level completely. We need to keep our feet on the ground. Our discipline and patience, and the fact we finished very strongly, showed the players are enjoying playing with the ball and without it.”